Untreated Surface Water Quality and Public Health Risks in Northeast India

Twenty-five water samples from Northeast India provide geochemical, microbial, and exposome data for One Health analysis. The dataset includes measurements of lead, selenium, total dissolved solids, turbidity, microbial taxa abundances, and 490 detected compounds. Gayatri Gogoi published this research dataset on figshare in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze correlations between chemical pollutants and microbial taxa based on reported pollutant–microbe correlations (e.g., Flavobacterium)
• Compare contaminant profiles across different anthropogenic zones based on data from hospital areas, residential areas, and rivers
• Study the distribution of antibiotic resistance genes based on the reported abundance of 147 ARGs in residential areas
• Identify potential carcinogenic risks based on the detection of 30 carcinogenic compounds
• Assess geochemical water quality indicators based on measurements of lead, selenium, TDS, and turbidity

Strengths

• Includes multi-modal data from geochemical profiling, metagenomic sequencing, and exposome analysis
• Provides specific quantitative measurements (e.g., lead 0.9 mg/L, selenium 0.45 mg/L, 490 compounds detected)
• Samples represent distinct anthropogenic environments (hospital, residential, river)

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single region in Northeast India

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Systematic wastewater surveillance involving water sample collection, geochemical profiling, metagenomic sequencing, and exposome profiling

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 00:05:08; freshness should be verified

Geography

Northeast India